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They have a stressful job, eat terrible food all day and are completely sedentary — yet city cabdrivers never have to prove they are in good health after an initial exam, leaving passengers at risk, The Post has learned.

Many of the hacks have been on the road for 15, 20 or 30 years and get little or no exercise, leaving them prone to seizures, heart attacks or other ailments behind the wheel during long shifts with little sleep.

A Taxi and Limousine Commission spokesman said the agency plans to address the medical clearance issue.

“Since the TLC recently increased the licensing period from two to three years, we’re in the process of reviewing the current practice,” said agency spokesman Allan Fromberg.

Big Apple taxi riders found the lax regulations disturbing.

“We’re putting our lives in their hands,” said Theresa Stafford, 45, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, as she hailed a cab. “We get in cabs every day like it’s no big deal, but I think it’s crazy they are not required to get a check-up every year.”

The issue came into sharp focus last week when a cabby turned the wrong way down University Place in Manhattan, jumped a curb and plowed into a woman on the sidewalk. The driver said he suffered a seizure. The pedestrian was critically injured.